Nonlinear optical properties of H2 and D2

Abstract

Accurate wave functions of the James–Coolidge type, which account for electron correlation, are used to calculate for H2 and D2 the dynamic second hyperpolarizabilities (γ) which mediate the nonlinear optical processes: dc Kerr, dc electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation and third-harmonic generation. Values are given for a range of frequencies (ω=0 to ω=0.05 a.u.) as well as for some common laser frequencies. The effects of vibration are explicitly considered. As well, values of the dynamic field-gradient polarizabilities B and C are found. The results are more accurate than those previously published.